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A FRANCHINI GLASS SIGNED AND DATED SCATTERED MILLEFIORI WEIGHT AND AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PIETRO BIGAGLIA GLASS SCENT BOTTLE AND COVER
The weight signed and dated with a 'GBF' initial cane and '1845' cane associated with Giovanni Battista Franchini and with an unidentified 'FA' cane
Composed of swirling assorted millefiori canes, chaplet bead latticinio, aventurine and multi-colored ribbons and set with scattered murrini including: a gondola, a checkerboard cane, a rose blossom within a ribbon-tied wreath, a portrait of a woman with roses in her hair, a sun with a face and a single long stemmed rose; the scent bottle, circa 1847, the hinged cover inset with a faceted ruby glass 'gem', the chatelaine chain intact, the body set with assorted murrini including: a gondola, two unidentified portraits and a portrait of the Doge, the Prince of the Republic of Venice, the tip with a partial inverted plaque inscribed 'EZIA' likely for the IX Congresso Degli Scienziati in Venezia, 1847
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diameter, 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high (2)